Sulky plow



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0. RUSS.

SULKY PLOW.

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G. RUSS. sU'LKY PLOW.

N0."343,0'71. Patented. June 1, 1886.

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NITED STATES CYRUS RUSS, or BEAMSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SULKY-PliOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343.071, dated June1,1886.

Application filed January 25, 1886. Serial No. 189,630. (No model.)Patented in Canada September 18, 1884, No. 20,206.

2'0 all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, CYRUS RUSS, of Beamsville, in the county of Lincolnand Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sulky-Plows; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

Thisinvention has for its object the production of a cheap, simple, andefficient sulkyplow, which shall be easily operated by the driver fromhis seat to change the position of the several movable parts withoutcomplicating mechanism or adding to the weight or cost of the implement.

The improvements consist, mainly, in the means for raising and loweringone or both of the wheel-axles and canting the plow, as may be requiredin working over uneven or slanting ground; devices for adjusting theshare, mold-board, oolter, &c., as to height, and adapting the plow forwork or for road-travcling, and means for regulating the level of thefront wheel, and consequently gaging the depth of the furrow. For fullcomprehension, however, of the invention, reference must be had to theannexed drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similarletters of reference indicate like parts, and where Figure l is a planview of mysulky-plow; Fig. 2, a cross-section taken on line w m, Fig. 1,the parts being in position for work; Fig. 3, a front view with thewheel-axles at different levels; Fig. 4, a side view showing the partsin position for road-traveling; and Fig. 5 a detail sectional Viewshowing one of the slides and axle-connection.

A A are the wheels mounted on short axles a a, which are carried bystandards B B, these latter being grooved on their inner faces toreceive tongues O 0, (preferably of dovetail shape,) which in turn arefastened to or cast in one, with depending extensions or arms d d of abeam or rail, D, arranged transversely between the wheels. To these arms(1 d are also fastened the end bars of a horizontal rectangular frame,E, to which is attached the tongue F.

On the front edges of the standards B B are formed racks b 1), intowhich mesh the teeth of quadrants G G, fastened to the lower ends ofhand-levers H H, which are pivoted to the sides of the horizontal frameE, these handlevers being provided with spring-latches h h, which lookinto the teeth of segments K K, firmly fixed to the frame E. To one sideof this frame E is also pivoted a lever, L, the longer arm of which isadapted to be looked under a stirrup, Z, on the transverse beam D, andits shorter arm is connected by a link, L, to the upwardly-curved frontend of a bail or bar, M, pivoted at e to the inside of one of thetongues 0. On the opposite side of the machine a shorter bail or arm,M,- is similarly, pivoted at 0 to the other tongue 0, and both of thesebails or bars extend back of their pivots the desired distance, and arefirmly fastened to opposite ends of a horizontal shaft, N.

Upon this shaft N is mounted a small casting,

O, or similar device, adapted to be movable thereon and to be fastenedby nuts 0 0 or other suitable means at any desired point, straps o 0 orlike means serving to hold in connection with said shaft the plow-beamP. To the rear of this beam are fastened in any approved manner thecolter P, share P and moldboard P,

which are of any desired pattern, and to the rear end of the beam or tothe share I fasten firmly a bracket, Q, the upper edge of which is inthe form of a toothed segment, Q, through a hole in which passes looselya shaft, R, running parallel with the beam P, on the end of which shaftand close to the segment Q, is firmly fixed the end of a verticalhand-lever, S, provided with a spring-latch, s, which locks into theteeth of the segment Q. The front end of the shaft R is journaled in alug, t, projecting from a casting, T, fixed 'upon the beam P, near itsfront end, a pinion, r, being fixed upon the shaft R at this point, soas to mesh with a rack, U, sliding vertically in ways formed for it inthe casting T. The lower end of this rack U carries the axle u of asmall guide-wheel, V, which runs in front of the share and regulates thedepth of the furrow. This wheel V is raised and lowered by the driver,who simply operates the hand-lever S, and through the shaft R brings thepinion 1" and rack U into operation, as will be readily understood. 4

The plow is raised and lowered by operating the lever L, said lever,through the link L and pivoted bail M, causing the shaft N to rise andcarry with it the plow-beam P, and thus raising the share and mold-boardfastened thereto, the locking of the lever L under the stirrnps Zretaining same clear of the ground. When it is desired to bring onewheelaxle higher than the other, as seen in Fig. 3, or to allow, say,one wheel to run in the next furrow, it is only necessary to raise thelatch of that one of the levers H which is on the required side, and bypulling on such lever the tongue 0 on that side will be caused to slidein its standard, and in this manner alter the position of the wheel-axleon that side with relation to the rest of the implement and the oppositewheel. It will be seen that the bails M M and shaft N move together, andconse quently the position of the plow proper is altered vertically, orcanted to one side or the other, at the will of the operator.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that link-1notions,bell-cranks, or levers of other descriptions may be substituted for theracks, toothed quadrants, and segments for the purpose of altering thepositions of the wheel-axles in relation to each other and the rest ofthe implement without altering the action of my grooved standards andthe tongues sliding therein, and I consequently do not limit myself tothe precise arrangement shown.

WV hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a sulky-plow, the combination, with the standards B B, carryingthe wheel-axles, transverse beam D, and tongues O G, of bails M M,pivoted to said tongues, shaft N, plowbeam P, and carrying plow proper,and means whereby said plow-beam and plow may be canted in eitherdirection and the wheel-centers adjusted by the sliding of said tonguesin said standards, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a sulky-plow, the combination, with the guide-wheel V andplow-beam carrying casting T and segment Q, of the shaft R, havinglocking-leverS and pinion rmounted thereon, and rack U, sliding in saidcasting and carrying the wheel, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

Beamsville, 2lst day of January, A. D. 1886.

CYRUS RUSS.

Vitnesses:

, E. A. LANCASTER, W. F. LANCASTER.

